Marinate chicken with yoghurt, cumin powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, kashmiri chilli powder, pepper and chicken masala for 1-2 hours
Insert chicken into skewers. Grease grill pan and place chicken on it
Alternately this can be grilled in tandoor or oven
Chicken should be well browned on all sides. Keep cooked chicken tikka aside
Grind tomatoes, cashews and melon seeds to smooth puree
Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf and all whole spices. Splutter cumin seeds
Add chopped onions and saute until browned
Add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw aroma goes away
Add all spice powders except garam masala and mix well
Add salt and ground puree. Mix well until oil starts leaving sides of the pan
Cut chicken tikka into smaller pieces
Add tikka to pan and mix well
Add 1 cup or more water and bring to boil. Adjust water as consistency required for gravy
Add cubed onions and cook for 3-4 minutes
Add cubed capsicum and tomatoes. Cook for 2 minutes
Add coriander leaves,cream, lime juice, garam masala. Mix well for a minute. switch off
Serve hot with kulcha, pulao or roti
